Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Columbus, IN ranks #405 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 7,832 patents from 1,378 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Columbus, IN include Cummins, E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And, Hill-Rom Services. That works out to 155.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,378 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Vivek A. Sujan Cummins 150
2 John P. O'Brien E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 101
3 Kenneth L. Kramer Hill-Rom Services 98
#4 Martin T. Books Cummins 95
#5 John Vogel Hill-Rom Services 89
#6 Walter A. Johnson Gte Products 80
#7 Lester L. Peters 75
#8 J. Steven Kolhouse Cummins 72
#9 David M. Barnes Cummins 58
#10 Donald J. Benson Cummins 55
#11 Bruce M. Sauter Kohler 51
#12 Thomas M. Yonushonis Cummins 50
#13 Aleksey Yezerets Cummins 49
#13 Christopher R. Nelson United States Gypsum 49
#15 Axel O. zur Loye Cummins 48
#16 Timothy C. Ernst Cummins 47
#16 John T. Carroll, III 47
#18 Samuel C. Geckler Cummins 46
#18 John P. Kresse Allison Transmission 46
#20 David J. Stroh Cummins 45
#20 Williams F. Collins, Jr. Hill-Rom Services 45
#22 Jeffrey Alan Green Lock N Climb 44
#23 Neal W. Currier Cummins 43
#23 Julius P. Perr 43
#25 Nassim Khaled Cummins Emission Solutions 42
#25 Richard A. Booth Cummins 42
#25 George L. Muntean 42
#28 Steven M. Bellinger Cummins 41
#29 Anthony Kyle Perfetto Cummins 38
#30 David P. Genter 37
#31 Govindarajan Kothandaraman Cummins 35
#32 Michael Haas Cummins 34
#32 Carlos Alcides Lana Cummins 34
#34 Robin Willats Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, Usa 33
#34 Joachim Kupe Delphi Technologies 33
#36 Robert O. Huff Jacobs Chuck Technology 31
#36 Morgan Andreae Cummins 31
#38 Hongbin Ma Curators Of The University Of Missouri 29
#38 Bradley A. Smith Cummins Filtration Ip 29
#38 William D. Meyer 29
#38 Paul R. Miller Cummins 29
#38 Kwin Abram Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, Usa 29
#38 Timothy R. Frazier Cummins 29
#44 Colin L. Norris Cummins Emission Solutions 28
#45 David Baldwin Photodynamic 27
#45 Eduardo Alano Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, Usa 27
#45 Edmund P. Hodzen Cummins 27
#45 Adam C. Cecil Cummins 27
#45 Samuel Johnson Cummins Emission Solutions 27
#50 Gregory W. Hoverson Cummins Filtration Ip 26

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